National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference 2017
The Sixth National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference was held for the first time in Adelaide, from 23-24 March, with the theme of innovation and collaboration. The Conference was hosted by the Law Council of Australia, the Law Society of South Australian and the Australian Pro Bono Centre, and was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
A summary and highlights of the conference can be found here.
Conference papers
The following conference papers are available for download (copyright is retained by the authors):
Fiona McCleod SC
President of the Law Council of Australia
Opening address
Alice Cope
CEO, UN Global Compact
Working With UN Sustainable Development Goals
Raquel Dos Santos
Solicitor and Coordinator, Self Representation Service
Self represented litigants in the Australian civil justice system: 10 years of the Self Representation Service in Australia
Kate Fazio
Manager of Digital Innovation, Justice Connect
Access to Justice in a Digital Age: Justice Connect’s digital transformation
Sue Garlick
Deputy Director, LawRight
Innovative Pro Bono Partnerships: LegalPod
Matthew Keeley
Director, National Children’s and Youth Law Centre
Lawstuff and Lawmail: Growing Access to Justice and Pro Bono across Australia
Professor Sheldon Krantz
Georgetown Centre for the Study of the Legal Profession, Washington DC
The Legal Profession: What is Wrong and How to Fix It
Mark Madden
Deputy Director, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University, Melbourne
Innovation and Technology
Claire O’Connor SC
Villenueve Smith Chambers
Lawyers in the Firing Line
Hannah Rose (Head of Pro Bono and Community, Sparke Helmore), Katie Seidler (Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, NSW) and Rebecca Abbott (Psychologist and Trainer, SA)
Mental Health: How to support your clients and take care of yourself
Justin Toohey
Director ADR, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ADR and Self-Representation at the AAT
Myfanwy Wallwork
Executive Director, LexisNexis
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Bevan Warner
Managing Director, Legal Aid Victoria
Taking on the Productivity Commission Report